Originally Posted by
T-Mar
The decal is the 1988+ version used with the SLX/SPX and TSX tubesets. Regardless, the decal is somewhat irrelevant, as SL, SLX and TSX used the same blades, with the SP and SPX blades being only 40g heavier. The Pinarello embossing simply means that they are slightly newer than those on your Montello, as Pinarello introduced self branded dropouts in the very late 1980s.
And you're just the person I was hoping to hear from.
Yeah, my Montello is from 1986. Mine came with a SL-type decal on the fork blades (i.e., blue background rather than red as with the SLX). My frame was SLX, or so the decal says, which seemed a little odd for a 63 cm. But on the other hand, my complete bike weighs in at just a hair under 21.5 lbs on a digital scale with ordinary parts, so perhaps they chose not to use SPX despite the larger size?
See any reason this wouldn't be suitable? Fork rake remained the same, for instance? And would this have come from a Montello based on the crown, etc., or can you tell?